Railway-track support and fastener.



P. M. MUGLOGKLIN. RAILWAY TRACK SUPPORT AND FASTENER- APPLIOATION IILEDAUG. 2, 1911. 1,025,820. Patented May 7, 1912.

F. M. MQGLOGKLIN. RAILWAY TRAGK SUPPORT AND FASTBNEB.

. '1\PPLIOATION III-11D AUG. 2, 1911.

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P. M. MoGLOGKLIN.

RAILWAY TRACK SUPPORT AND FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED AUG 2, 19 11.

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Patented May 7, 1912..

FRANCIS M. MGGLOCKLIN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-TRACK SUPPORT AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 2, 1911. Serial No. 641,999.

To aZZ whom it may-concern:

Be it known. that I, FRANCIS M. Mc- GLocKmN, citizen of the UnitedStates,' residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Railway- TrackSupports and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. Thegeneral object of the invention is to 1,0 eliminate the use of spikes,fish plates and bolts and nuts in fastening railway rails to cross ties.To this end I provide, a cross tie equipped with jaws adapted to pinch.or: grip both opposite rails and the meeting ends of two railstherebetween; and further ,to provide means for supporting the portionsof the rails between the cross ties. This last named means being furtheradapt ed to be connected to adjacent cross ties whereby to provide a.unitary support for the entire track. 3

The 'above' and other objects will appear and be better understood'fromthe following description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawingsin which:

Figure 1 is a .lan view of a portionof a track with one ih-rm ofmydevice applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same showing theparts before the' rails are gripped; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionapproximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; F ig.- 4 is a similar view onthe line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line 5-5 of Fig.1; Fig. 6 is a detail vertical 10ngitudinal section of one of the railsupports also showing portions of adjacent cross ties connected thereto.

The cross ties 5 and 6 are herein shown to be composite in structureeach tie comprising a metallic trough or casing 7 filled with suitableplastic material such as concrete 8 and having a longitudinal channel. 9the floor of which is inclined as at 10 so as to direct water whichenters the channel through outlet-openings 11, as indicated in -Fig.. i

The tie 5 is herein shown as having one 4 channel? and suitablysupported therein such asjby a pivot pin '21, passing through the-bodyof the tie and channel 9. A rail engztgingjaw22ig suitably connectedsuch Patented sta 7, item.

as by: a pivot pin???) in the. opposite end of the channel 9andisadapted to engage the lower portion; of the rail 13. i Y

A toggle herein shown to consist of the levers 24 and 25 is arrai "ed inthe channel 9 the lovers being suita lily connected together at one'endsuch as by a pivot 26 and have their opposite ends. connected to thejaws 14; and 22 bythe pivot pins 23. The

levers are formed with the jaws 2'2 and 28 adapted to engage the baseflanges 16 of the meeting ends andrail 13 as shown. Re;

ferring to thedrawings'the jaw 27 conforms p to the jaw 22 while the jaw28 is elongated .and conforms to the elongated jaw 14 but is somewhatless in Width than the latter s0 as not to extend too far upwardon'fth'e trcad'and in the wayof the flange ofthe wheel. The jaw 28, isalso formed without pins or studs but in other respects is similar tothe -jaw 14. With this construction it will be seen that when the toggleis forced. downwardly and into the channel the jaws will grip themeeting ends and rail 13 whereby the same will be rigidly held againstlateral and longitudinal movement. Any suitable means such as a pin 29may be employed to lock the toggle against'upward movement the said pinbeing herein shown as passing through an opening in the toggle and alsothrough an opening in-the. cross .tie 5. "Whenit is desired to disengagethe rails from the positions shown the pin 29 is removed and the togglemoved upwardly by a suitable tool into the position shown in Fig, 2wherein it will be seen that the rails jnay be disengaged by moving thesame in thp direction of their len hs.

The structurejust descri ed is intended for-use in old roadbeds whereinthe well lmowaform of wooden cross ties are em ploy ed it being intendedthat in these roadbeds/the ties at the meeting ends will be re moved andreplaced with the structure just described wherein it will be seen thatthe operation of coupling the meeting ends willv not only be facilitatedbut also the un-coupling operation will be equally facllitated at thesame time the danger of the meetlng onds snrcading laterally due to theheretofor Loosening of spikes, bolts and nuts, will he racticallyprevented.

rail engaging members 30 and 31 are similar in construction to thosedescribed for the cross tie 5 with one exception to wit; the elongatedjaws 14 and 28 are dispensed with and in lieu thereof the jaws 32'and 33are provided which are identical to the jaws previously described forgripping the rail 13 and so also are the jaws 34 and 35 similar to thejaws 32 and 33. The jaws 32-35 turn on the pivot pins 36-36 and areconnected by pivot pins 4-4: to the members 3031. I

In addition to providing the cross ties 5 and 6 in a [new orreconstructed roadbed I also make use of piers -or rail supports 37 and38. These members are herein shown as composite in structure eachincluding a metallic casing 39 herein shown as substantially trapezoidalin cross section and filled with plastic material such as concrete 40.The base portions of the piers or rail supports are arranged upon theground their upper ends having longitudinal grooves or seats to receivethe base flanges of the rails, the lengths of the piers or supportscorresponding approximately to the distance between the tics and areherein shown as interlocking with the latter by means of mortises 41 andtenons 42 which for purposes of illustration have been shown as formedat the opposite ends of the piersand on the cross ties respectively. Inaddition to performing their function of connecting the cross ties andsupporting the, rails, the piers or supports further preventdisplacement of the pins 21 passing through the jaws 20, 22,

32 and 35 since it will be seen, by referring to the drawings, that theends of these piers form walls which bear on the opposite ends of thesaid pins 21. It being understood that in roadbeds where the piers orsupports are not employed, the pins 21 will be secured againstdisplacement in any preferred manner.

Although I have shown and described one form of the device it is to beunderstood that I am not to be limited to the specific structure andarrangement of parts herein shown since it will be manifest that variouschanges may be made within the scope of the appended claims withoutdeparting from the sp rit or sacrificing any advantages of the,invention.

What is claimed as new is x 1. In arail'joint, in combination with atrack including the meeting ends of rails; of across tie supporting therails of the track and arranged below the meeting ends, a pair of trackengaging jaw members pivoted to the cross tie one of which is adapted tobear on the said meeting ends and-the other on the opposite track rail',and a toggle connected to said jaws and formed with rail engaging jawscooperating with the firstnamed jaws.

2. In combination with a cross tie; of rail engaging members pivotedtogether at one end and each including pivotally connected jaws one ofwhich is pivoted to the cross tie.

3. In combination with a cross tie; of vertically movable rail engagingmembers ivoted together at one end and each inclu ing pivotallyconnected jaws one of which is pivoted'to the cross tie.

4. In a railway track including the meeting ends of track rails, incombination with a cross tie supporting the rails of said track andunder-lymg the meeting ends and provided with a channel; of jaw memberspivoted in said channel one of which is adapted to engage one of saidrails and the other adapted to inter-lock with the said mcetin ends andcooperating jaw members pivotet together at one end and further pivotedto the first-named jaw members.

5. In a railway track, in combination with the rails and a cross tie forsupporting the same and having a longitudinal channel; of jaw memberspivoted in said channel and adapted to engage the base flanges of saidrails and cooperating jaw members pivoted together at one end andfurther pivoted to the first-named jaw members and movable into and outof said channel. e

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y FRANCIS M. MCGLOCKLIN.

Witnesses: I

HAROLD CHELTHAM, ALEX. E. KRAKowsKI.

